On Thursday, leading Republican presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump got great news after the 2020 election interference case brought against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith was taken off the Washington, D.C. docket. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has made it clear that while President Trump challenges the legitimacy of the case through appeal, all court dates will be suspended until a verdict is decided.
The case against Trump was originally supposed to begin on March 4. However, various legal appeals by Trump's legal team have prevented the case from continuing. The Trump legal team has argued that President Trump enjoys immunity from prosecution in the 2020 election because he was acquitted by the Senate during the 2021 impeachment following the January 6 Capitol Riot.
The argument rests on the principle of double jeopardy as well as the fact that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for behavior while in office unless they are impeached by the House of Representatives and removed by the Senate.
Arguments for the case were heard by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on January 9, but a decision has yet to be reached. The development in the case is a major victory for President Trump, whose legal team is working overtime to ensure he is not stuck in a courtroom during the upcoming busy election season.
As the various prosecutions against Trump begin to run into various roadblocks, Americans, who already know the real intent of these legal pursuits, are opening their eyes to the weaponization of the law against political opponents. Hopefully, the delay in the case will not be temporary but permanent.
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The case against Trump was originally supposed to begin on March 4. However, various legal appeals by Trump's legal team have prevented the case from continuing. The Trump legal team has argued that President Trump enjoys immunity from prosecution in the 2020 election because he was acquitted by the Senate during the 2021 impeachment following the January 6 Capitol Riot.
The argument rests on the principle of double jeopardy as well as the fact that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for behavior while in office unless they are impeached by the House of Representatives and removed by the Senate.
Arguments for the case were heard by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on January 9, but a decision has yet to be reached. The development in the case is a major victory for President Trump, whose legal team is working overtime to ensure he is not stuck in a courtroom during the upcoming busy election season.
As the various prosecutions against Trump begin to run into various roadblocks, Americans, who already know the real intent of these legal pursuits, are opening their eyes to the weaponization of the law against political opponents. Hopefully, the delay in the case will not be temporary but permanent.
You can follow Sterling on X/Twitter here.
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